Post by Logan on Jan 28, 2016 0:38:38 GMT -6
The House of Delegates voted Wednesday to repeal West Virginia’s just-revised Prevailing Wage Act, even though eight Republicans joined the House’s 36 Democrats in voting against the measure.
The 55-44 vote followed more than 2½ hours of intense debate over the bill (HB 4005).
Earlier, the House, on a mostly party-line 61-38 vote, rejected a motion calling for an economic impact study of the law’s repeal. That marked the second time a call for an economic impact study had been quashed, along with rejections of three motions
requesting a fiscal note on the repeal legislation’s impact on state agencies.
“Good stewards of the taxpayers’ money — we’re not even going to take the time to study this,” said Delegate Isaac Sponaugle, D-Pendleton, after his motion was rejected.
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160127/wv-house-votes-to-repeal-prevailing-wage#sthash.YyDATBmf.dpuf
The 55-44 vote followed more than 2½ hours of intense debate over the bill (HB 4005).
Earlier, the House, on a mostly party-line 61-38 vote, rejected a motion calling for an economic impact study of the law’s repeal. That marked the second time a call for an economic impact study had been quashed, along with rejections of three motions
requesting a fiscal note on the repeal legislation’s impact on state agencies.
“Good stewards of the taxpayers’ money — we’re not even going to take the time to study this,” said Delegate Isaac Sponaugle, D-Pendleton, after his motion was rejected.
- See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160127/wv-house-votes-to-repeal-prevailing-wage#sthash.YyDATBmf.dpuf